2018 Travel News Archive – Page 4

The Ministry of Tourism has opened a Tourism Promotion Office for the West Coast of the United States. The office is based in Los Angeles, California. The new director, Aldonsa Alcántara said the office a result of the President Medina’s goal of the country receiving 10 million tourists per year. She said that California is …

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Best Hotels, the Spanish Canary Islands hotel chain, hosted President Danilo Medina and Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Best Hotels Cabeza de Toro on 17 October 2018. The resort will have 600 rooms and is scheduled to open in October 2019. Best Hotels founder, José Batalla, came for the …

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Santo Domingo’s main international airport, the Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) is the country’s first to offer a special area for the convenience of breast-feeding mothers. The new hall was opened in mid October 2018 is located in an area open to the general public at the South Terminal. There are four private areas where …

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The construction of Club Med Miches Playa Esmeralda was announced on 22 October 2018. The resort marks the start of what the company is calling its first “Exclusive Collection Resort” in the Americas. The new resort concept features four boutique villages. Each of the four boutique villages will present its own unique environment, activities and …

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A 15-member US-based National Association of Realtors delegation visited real estate projects in Santiago, Jarabacoa, Puerto Plata, Juan Dolio, La Romana and Punta Cana. The visit was a lead up to their participation in the Annual Realtors 2018 convention scheduled for 2-5 November 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. At the NAR Annual Realtors 2018 Convention, the …

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Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García announced during the 5th Annual Tourism Development Encounter in Samana that the government is open to funding the construction of an amphitheater for the tourist destination. The potential location has not been revealed, but he said plans should be drawn and presented in the near future. “If there is agreement, …

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President Danilo Medina was in Samana on Thursday, 25 October 2018, where he participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Hacienda Samana Bay on the Malecón of Samana. The investment is estimated at upwards of US$100 million in its first phase. The property includes a 60-suites condo hotel and a residential unit with 40 apartments …

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Gatsby Dominicana in an alliance with Work Time Creativo is presenting the 3rd Punta Cana Merengue & Fashion Week on Saturday, 3 November 2018 at the Catalonia Bavaro Resort in Punta Cana. Designers from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, United States, Colombia, Italy and Spain will be participating. The event is dedicated to the late Dominican designer …

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Monika Infante, president of the Santo Domingo Tourism Cluster, says that small business is a major focus of her term 2018-2020. Infante is general director of the Aerodom that operates Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport and La Isabela International Airport and several airports around the country. Infante said that the Colonial City is Santo …

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The Dominican Armada, with the backing of the Association of Aquatics Operators of the East, will now be responsible to form and accredit crew of the recreational boats that operate on Dominican coastal waters. The objective is that all persons participating in touristic activities, such as maritime excursions and aquatic sports, be duly trained and …

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